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Ontario Veterinarian Cliff Redford hears your stories about saving animals. Dr. Redford is featured in a new documentary premiering on TVO this weekend about his adventures in wildlife rescue in India with his daughter Emily. We also hear from Sandy Donald, director of Ontario Wildlife Rescue.

Steve Paikin, Author and host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' and Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate, join Greg to talk about Prime Minister Carney's new cabinet, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's comments on immigration, and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Paikin, Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' and Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate join Greg to talk about Prime Minister Carney's meeting with President Trump, Alberta premier Danielle Smith promising a separation referendum, and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Paikin, Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda', takes over Toronto Today to interview Greg about running in the federal election Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Tak svěží dezert jste nečekali. Kousky jablek mu dodávají esenci echt čerstvosti. Pudink a vrstva zakysané smetany dodají vláčnost. Jablkové tiramisu je nádherné i na řezu. Tvořila Kamila Jelínková z Čáslavi.

Television Producer Mitch Azaria gives his elevator pitch for the TRIPPING doc series, introduces the latest episode as a 3hr immersive boat ride through the Muskoka Lakes, shares the saga of kidnapper Three-Fingered Abe and his victim John Labatt, shares memories from his former life working on Sportsline with Bob McCown/Jim Tatti/Mark Hebscher/Dave Hodge/Bill Bird, and warns about the challenges of working with a non-union Red-Tailed Hawk [Diva alert!] For everything TRIPPING, please visit https://www.trippingseries.ca/ or the TVO docs portal at https://www.tvo.org/series-docs/browse/filters/docs TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Threats from the invasive Quagga mussel species are growing in deeper parts of the Great Lakes, just as zebra mussels have altered ecosystems in shallower water closer to shore. Quagga mussels compete for food with a number of young fish species, putting commercial and recreational fishing at risk, and also threaten historic wrecks. A look at how widespread the problem is, and efforts to control the invasive species, with the team behind documentary All Too Clear. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mitch Azaria is back with another TVO documentary called Tripping the Muskoka Lakes / It's the 20th anniversary of You Tube / Toronto gets another area code / The Leafs stall in game two / Sherpa Jay Bondy talks about pension plans / Is baseball boring / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Norm Murray speaks with Canadian filmmaker and Executive Producer, Mitch Azaria about the up-coming TVO Documentary film, "Tripping The Muskoka Lakes", a 3 hour boat journey through the Muskoka lakes.  It's a beautiful and fascinating mixture of dynamic, bustling cottage life combined with slices of pristine wilderness, and a rich historic background. Starting April 20, Tripping The Muskoka Lakes premieres on digital via the TVO Docs YouTube channel,  website and Smart TV app and on TVO's broadcast channel at 9 pm ET.  Visit:  www.trippingseries.ca

Bummed your invitation to Martin Short's cottage in the Muskokas was evidently lost in the mail? Save yourself the long drive and listen to this week's episode of brioux.tv: the podcast. One of my favourite guests, filmmaker Mitch Azaria, is back with his sixth in an annual series exploring the province of Ontario: Tripping The Muskoka Lakes. We talk all about the new documentary, premiering April 20 on TV Ontario and also streaming (even earlier) on TVOdocs.org and at TVO's YouTube channel.This latest three hour, immersive, real-time documentary invites viewers to cruise along in a made-in-Muskoka Duke runabout, a mahogany classic converted to electric power. From the passenger seat you'll cruise past incredible boat houses along "Millionaires" and "Billionaires" row. Reel in a boatload of pop up info bites and dive under the water to visit an actual shipwreck. Travel tariff free from your own living room. All aboard!

Cruising smoothly before surfacing like a submarine sandwich with tasty layers of Kraftwerk and glockenspiel: Did this song inspire the entire sophisti-pop movement or a just a corny chick flick? Is it about freedom, fantasy, or the afterlife? What's a TVO? Is it different for girls? Can you get what you want if you don't know what you want? Also, we chat about the new Beetlejuice movie and a Duran Duran concert. :00: Intro the Light :03: Step 1: The Sound :11: Reviewing All Night and Day :20: Step 2: The Gist :30: Commercial Break :32: 3 Honorable Mentions :35: Another Night and Day :40: Step 3: The FPM :42: Bugged About Beetlejuice :47: It Was Live: Duran Duran Featured Links: - DonorSee: The Humanitarian Crowdfunding Platform - Joe Jackson Interview [Reelin' In The Years Archive] We want to hear from you! 80ofthe80s@gmail.com

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the marquee, making popcorn, the kids book Popcorn by Frank Asch, the TVO kids show Cucumber, Carnosaur, Super Bowl ads, Big Shark, Wu-Tang Clan, and more! They also mention the movies screening Friday March 28 - Thursday April 3: I'm Still Here, The Way My Way, Mulholland Drive, Through A Glass Darkly, Unforgiven, Super Secret Saturday Night Sinema, Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai, and Flow!

The Agenda's week in review features legendary singer Jay Douglas and filmmaker Graeme Mathieson discussing the TVO Original documentary "Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul"; a debate on whether Toronto should follow New York and other cities and adopt congestion pricing to tackle its traffic woes; and a first of its kind crossover with Ontario's French-language channel TFO for a conversation about bilingualism in Canada.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An unprecedented effort to bridge Canada's linguistic divide, Ontario's two public broadcasters, TVO Media Education Group (TVO) and TFO, present a joint bilingual special aimed at bringing together the country's anglophone and francophone communities. Inspired by Hugh MacLennan's iconic novel "Two Solitudes," which celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, this bold initiative promises a unique experience in Canada's media landscape. Hosted by TVO's Steve Paikin and TFO's Sandra Padovani. WIth guests: Tasha Kheiriddin, national political columnist for Postmedia, commentator in both anglophone and francophone media, and speaker; Yann Martel, philosopher and francophone who writes in English, best known for his award-winning novel, "Life of Pi;" Stéphanie Chouinard, political science associate professor at the Royal Military College of Kingston. She does research in the fields of language rights, minority and Indigenous rights, and law and politics; Serge Dupuis, expert in the social, political, and intellectual history of francophone minorities in North America and associate member of the Chaire pour le développement de la culture d'expression française en Amérique du Nord (CEFAN) at Université Laval.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The TVO program "The Thread with Nam Kiwanuka" is now heading into Season 4. Let's get the lowdown on what viewers can expect with the show's host, Nam Kiwanuka.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1-OK, many are talking about Mark Carney & responses to The Globe & Mail's Stephanie Levitz, & CBC's Rosemary Barton. Let's play the clips and see if you feel this is a tone and a dismissiveness that hurts Mark Carney - the more people who see moments like this? 2-I've never seen polling SO over the map - we're all noticing this, aren't we. Some Ontario Election polls had the Ford government pulling in 92-93 seats, some had them winning closer to 70 - 6 more than a majority. The last three US elections have been all over the place. So how often do YOU trust them? 3-I'm very saddened by the Hudson's Bay story. But I haven't shopped consistently there in maybe….15-16 years. Millions are like me. It was either less convenient or less practical. But is this just….we've moved into a different world. The giant department store can't thrive, and YET, the cheaper “big box” stores do. How do you see it?   4-Have a read at this - real risk for Canadian businesses moving to the States - but isn't there a risk for alienating American businesses here? We're kind of being outwardly….ugly? Towards American businesses that do employ Canadians? Have we done this with any other country in the last 60 years? Countries with abhorrent human rights records to workers in general, women, gay people - we buy their products, we let them play sports here, we don't ban immigrants from those countries - I'm worried that this is turning anti-US, not anti-Trump - what's the line for you? 5-JFK Files today? Why couldn't a better US President do this?! Have a theory we haven't heard - what's the answer to the question you'd most like to know? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born in London Canada in 1949, Jim Chapman has been blessed with a life full of challenge and adventure. He was signed to Columbia Records in New York in 1968, played bass in rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins' band and toured across the eastern U.S. and Canada for years fronting several groups of his own.  By 1973 he was the president of a major recording studio (Springfield Sound) where he honed his skills as a songwriter, studio musician and producer. He was also a partner in a successful artist's management company, the owner of a full-service advertising and promotion company, and the founder of London's first successful musical jingle production company.  Health issues forced him to retire from the business world in 1980 and with his new wife Carlyn he went back on the road as an entertainer for much of the decade. The couple later returned to London, built another recording studio, and ran a profitable radio/TV musical jingle company and communications consultancy with clients like Kraft General Foods, Ontario Hydro, ParticipAction, The Ontario Senior Games, The Government of Canada, The Detroit Tigers' London farm team, and many others.  From 1992 until 2012 Jim was a prominent London-based public affairs newspaper and magazine columnist and radio/TV broadcaster. Prior to his retirement in 2017, Jim had also been working as a professional writer and business consultant for more than a decade.  In 1999 he died of a massive heart attack and had what is often referred to as a Near Death Experience Brought back to life in the ER, after a long recovery he wrote two books about the experience and lectured about it across Ontario and as far afield as New York, Dallas, and Seattle. He also appeared on the ABC, CTV, TVO, and Discovery television networks, on the BBC and CBC radio networks, and on dozens of radio stations and podcasts.  In the early 2000s he also returned (from time to time) to his first love, performing as a singer and instrumentalist, headlining a number of concerts as well as performing in several bands. In 2023 he created “The Jim Chapman Show”, a live songs and stories performance geared to Baby Boomers. It was an almost instant success, and Jim has performed it at dozens of venues including concert halls, banquets, churches, private gatherings and Seniors' Homes, with engagements booked into 2025.  In 2024 Jim put together a weekly musical show at London's Unity Centre, and it continues to entertain audiences with performances by top London-area musicians every Wednesday evening.  He has released three albums of original songs and his ninth and latest published book, “Battle Of the Bands” is a combination history of London's music scene in the 50s and 60s and his own sixty-year musical career. Jim's books and CDs are available through The Bookstore, elsewhere on this website.  Jim and Carlyn Chapman have been happily married for 45 years and they share their cosy retirement home with two loveable little dogs, Jo-Jo and Molly, and an elderly gentleman cat named Mr. Punkin.  www.jimchapman.caBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1-OK, many are talking about Mark Carney & responses to The Globe & Mail's Stephanie Levitz, & CBC's Rosemary Barton. Let's play the clips and see if you feel this is a tone and a dismissiveness that hurts Mark Carney - the more people who see moments like this? 2-I've never seen polling SO over the map - we're all noticing this, aren't we. Some Ontario Election polls had the Ford government pulling in 92-93 seats, some had them winning closer to 70 - 6 more than a majority. The last three US elections have been all over the place. So how often do YOU trust them? 3-I'm very saddened by the Hudson's Bay story. But I haven't shopped consistently there in maybe….15-16 years. Millions are like me. It was either less convenient or less practical. But is this just….we've moved into a different world. The giant department store can't thrive, and YET, the cheaper “big box” stores do. How do you see it?   4-Have a read at this - real risk for Canadian businesses moving to the States - but isn't there a risk for alienating American businesses here? We're kind of being outwardly….ugly? Towards American businesses that do employ Canadians? Have we done this with any other country in the last 60 years? Countries with abhorrent human rights records to workers in general, women, gay people - we buy their products, we let them play sports here, we don't ban immigrants from those countries - I'm worried that this is turning anti-US, not anti-Trump - what's the line for you? 5-JFK Files today? Why couldn't a better US President do this?! Have a theory we haven't heard - what's the answer to the question you'd most like to know? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chcete-li podpořit tuto i další Konference Svobodného přístavu, prosím, pošlete dobrovolný příspěvek v krypto či korunách! BTC: 34xD6RUfqvjfbDRtahNqX3Ecf6iRSH9dNG LTC: LKcFtAi7U2dUaAiKspVpg3AFmmJzKiBiPr Číslo účtu: 2201359764/2010; variabilní symbol: 5 -------- Pátou přednášející „Konference Svobodného přístavu 2025: Kulturní války včera, dnes a zítra“ byla Teri Paul se svou přednáškou „Stát vs Identita: Jak stát škodí tran osobám“. Trans osoby čelí mnohým překážkám při vyjadřování své identity, přičemž stát často není pomocníkem, ale spíše zdrojem problémů. Společnost se může zdát otevřená, ale státní zákony a regulace mnohdy zaostávají. Na přednášce si ukážeme konkrétní příklady, jak stát omezuje svobodu trans osob – od úřední administrativy až po přístup k lékařské péči. Teri „Idealistka“ Paul je voluntaristka a obhájkyně svobody. Tvoří videa na YouTube kanále „idealistka“ a je spoluzakladatelkou podcastu „A kdo by stavěl silnice?“.

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1. Regardless of polls all over the map, and the challenges afoot - I think two things are clear about the upcoming federal election. It is a TRUE heavyweight fight...we all think the "next" election is a critical one in turning the country's sails in a certain direction - but this is going to generate a ton of interest, eclipse voter apathy and indifference, and we probably will all be sick of the slogans, the platforms, and the mud-wrestling. Yes? Huge interest? Especially in stark contrast to the recent provincial election? 2. It's a bit inside - but the first two appointments by Mark Carney.....old-school Liberal cabinet ministers who fell well out of favour in controversial circumstances in the Trudeau era - Marco Mendicino as Chief of Staff to Carney, and David Lametti, the Justice Minister who had some embarrassing secret texts revealed in the Freedom Convoy/Emergencies Act era when the Inquiry happened regarding government direction. Like, right away - not sure you're telling Canada...you're moving along and so many lessons have been learned! 3. OIivia Chow did not attend the scene of the shooting in Scarborough this weekend.....I know, I know - we spend a lot of time on where she is, what she goes to, and how she explains it away afterwards - her myriad of explanations for snubbing the October 7th vigil were......not awesome - what about this one? 4. We need more public bathrooms AND garbage bins in Toronto - this gets us on the road to one of the two, does it not??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1. Tariffs - this isn't temporary, this just feels like our world the next 3 1/2 years, isn't it? 2. Does this feel like a permanent break with Canada/USA as friends/allies - it's very surreal 3-THEN...Toronto having a media moment for their BMO Field stadium expansion and a reminder - we're sharing the World Cup w/ the USA and Mexico, AND spending $146M of tax dollars on temporary seating for the stadium.  4 - Are we at the point where raising chickens for eggs in the city is no longer strange but a good idea? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1) Any thoughts from French language debate.....some scrutiny for Carney and Freeland but this was also a VERY friendly debate, a debate amongst "family" as Chrystia Freeland described it! All just playing nice w/ Carney? Is his French concerning? 2) Have we just shoved tariffs to the side? Aren't we going right into the abyss next week w/ the same threats President Trump thundered about at the end of January? 3) Olivia Chow - full credit, critical of snow contracts and the mobilization of clearing sidewalks. NOW.....I like that she's doing that, but, she's also saying now cars need to be towed and ticketed if in the wrong spot, and last week - she was less interested in this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1 - Snow removal may take up to 3 weeks as Toronto digs out of back-to-back storms, city says 2 - Ford fends off waves of attacks on health care, government spending at Ontario leaders' debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hear your reaction to Monday's Ontario leaders debate in Toronto and hear from frequent debate moderator and co-host of TVO's The Agenda, Steve Paikin.

The documentary Russians at War shows the invasion of Ukraine from the point of view of Moscow's troops. The doc was supposed to screen during the Toronto International Film Festival, but organisers cancelled a screening amid protests and over threats to festival operations and public safety.A large part of the film's funding came through TVO, Ontario's public broadcaster. The filmmaker is a Russian-Canadian, Anastasia Trofimova, who once worked for Russian state-funded broadcaster RT. Trofimova made the film while living with front-line Russian troops for seven months.How exactly did she do that? Not without the consent of the Russian army, one would assume. We are told again and again that Russia controls one of the most sophisticated misinformation, disinformation, propaganda machines the world has ever known. Russia is in our algorithms, spreading fake news and skewing our elections. So, clearly, this Anastasia Trofimova is not somebody who we should be handing large sums of Canadian public money to so that she can tell us a story of sympathy for Russian troops.But what actually happened here? Is this a story about Russian propaganda or is it really a tale of Canadian censorship? Those questions are tackled when Jesse sits down with the producers of Russians at War and its director, filmmaker and journalist, Anastasia Trofimova.Host: Jesse BrownCredits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)Guests: Cornelia Principe, Sean Farnel, Anastasia TrofimovaFact checking by Sam KonnertFurther reading:Statement regarding TIFF's decision to screen Russian propaganda — Ukrainian Canadian CongressTIFF suspends screening of film on Russian soldiers after threats — CBCTIFF turfs controversial documentary — CBC, Metro MorningSponsors: Squarespace : Check out https://squarespace.com/canadaland for a free trial, and when you're ready to launch use code canadaland to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.BetterHelp: Visit https://betterhelp.com/canadaland today to get 10% off your first month.Public Service Alliance of Canada: Take action at https://remoteworks.ca today to support a future of work that benefits everyone. If you value this podcast, support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch at our store, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1. Do we have a big voice and politician you're seeing be able to absorb what's going to be a tense time to push back against the US on this front 2. 8 days from the reprieve - no fentanyl czar - ask any cop, any border guard if they need it. 3. Greg is hearing Carney will go right to an election and we vote federally in May?  Hearing that?  Is that smart Liberal strategy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1. Trump gives 30 day tariff reprieve. Is this a win for Canada and Trudeau/Ford? 2. Do you sense average Canadians fully appreciate the potential impact of these tariffs, should they proceed? 3. Is "Buy Canadian" truly feasible? 4. Impact on the provincial election? Ford had a "Tariff election" - now the election will be over BEFORE tariffs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1 - Ontario election is set to go 3 - The housing crisis has impacted over half of young Canadians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this 1618th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Allan Gregg about his years as a conservative pollster, getting Brian Mulroney elected as Prime Minister, working with Jake Gold managing The Tragically Hip, his role with the Toronto International Film Festival, his show on TVO, and so much more. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1 - Trump threatens 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Feb. 1, punting Day 1 pledge 2 - Ford signals an early Ontario election coming despite reprieve from Trump's tariff threat 3 - TTC planning a staggering 38 full-weekend subway closures in 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born in London Canada in 1949, Jim Chapman has been blessed with a life full of challenge and adventure. He was signed to Columbia Records in New York in 1968, played bass in rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins' band and toured across the eastern U.S. and Canada for years fronting several groups of his own.  By 1973 he was the president of a major recording studio (Springfield Sound) where he honed his skills as a songwriter, studio musician and producer. He was also a partner in a successful artist's management company, the owner of a full-service advertising and promotion company, and the founder of London's first successful musical jingle production company.  Health issues forced him to retire from the business world in 1980 and with his new wife Carlyn he went back on the road as an entertainer for much of the decade. The couple later returned to London, built another recording studio, and ran a profitable radio/TV musical jingle company and communications consultancy with clients like Kraft General Foods, Ontario Hydro, ParticipAction, The Ontario Senior Games, The Government of Canada, The Detroit Tigers' London farm team, and many others.  From 1992 until 2012 Jim was a prominent London-based public affairs newspaper and magazine columnist and radio/TV broadcaster. Prior to his retirement in 2017, Jim had also been working as a professional writer and business consultant for more than a decade.  In 1999 he died of a massive heart attack and had what is often referred to as a Near Death Experience Brought back to life in the ER, after a long recovery he wrote two books about the experience and lectured about it across Ontario and as far afield as New York, Dallas, and Seattle. He also appeared on the ABC, CTV, TVO, and Discovery television networks, on the BBC and CBC radio networks, and on dozens of radio stations and podcasts.  In the early 2000s he also returned (from time to time) to his first love, performing as a singer and instrumentalist, headlining a number of concerts as well as performing in several bands. In 2023 he created “The Jim Chapman Show”, a live songs and stories performance geared to Baby Boomers. It was an almost instant success, and Jim has performed it at dozens of venues including concert halls, banquets, churches, private gatherings and Seniors' Homes, with engagements booked into 2025.  In 2024 Jim put together a weekly musical show at London's Unity Centre, and it continues to entertain audiences with performances by top London-area musicians every Wednesday evening.  He has released three albums of original songs and his ninth and latest published book, “Battle Of the Bands” is a combination history of London's music scene in the 50s and 60s and his own sixty-year musical career. Jim's books and CDs are available through The Bookstore, elsewhere on this website.  Jim and Carlyn Chapman have been happily married for 45 years and they share their cosy retirement home with two loveable little dogs, Jo-Jo and Molly, and an elderly gentleman cat named Mr. Punkin.  www.jimchapman.caBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

RuFF (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2024) is Rod Carley's highly-anticipated fourth novel. This historical fiction transports us to Elizabethan England, where we witness Shakespeare struggling through a midlife crisis while trying to win a national play competition to secure the King's business. Hilarious hijinks ensue, with whip-smart dialogue and a captivating tale that touches on salient social issues that persist today, including equality, justice, and censorship. Humour and incisive wit combine to create a compulsively readable and thought-provoking novel from this Leacock Award long-listed author. We know RuFF will be a favourite book of the year for many. More About RuFF: Rod Carley is back with another theatrical odyssey packed with an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics. It's a madcap world more modern than tomorrow where gender is what a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath their petticoats or tights). Will Shakespeare is having a very bad year. Suffering from a mid-life crisis, a plague outbreak, and the death of the ancient Queen, Will's mettle is put to the test when the new King puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce a national play competition that will determine which theatre company will secure his favour and remain in business. As he struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Will faces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including a young rival punk poet and his activist-wife fighting for equality and a woman's right to tread the boards. Will and his band of misfits must ensure not only their own survival, but that of England as well. The stage is set for an outrageous and compelling tale of ghosts, ghostwriting, writer's block, and the chopping block. Ruffly based on a true story. About Rod Carley: Rod is the award-winning author of three previous works of literary fiction: GRIN REAPING (long listed for the 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour, 2022 Bronze Winner for Humour from Foreword Review INDIES, a Finalist for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/Comedy, and long listed for the ReLit Group Awards for Best Short Fiction of 2023); KINMOUNT (long listed for the 2021 Leacock Medal for Humour and Winner of the 2021 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards); A Matter of Will (Finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fiction). His short stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in a variety of Canadian literary magazines including Broadview (winner of the 2022 Award of Excellence for Best Seasonal Article from the Associated Church Press), Cloud Lake Literary, Blank Spaces, Exile, HighGrader, and the anthology 150 Years Up North and More. He was a finalist for the 2021 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Prize. Rod was the 2009 winner of TVO's Big Ideas/Best Lecturer Competition for his lecture entitled “Adapting Shakespeare within a Modern Canadian Context. He is a proud alumnus of the Humber School for Writers and is represented by Carolyn Forde, Senior Literary Agent with The Transatlantic Agency. www.rodcarley.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

RuFF (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2024) is Rod Carley's highly-anticipated fourth novel. This historical fiction transports us to Elizabethan England, where we witness Shakespeare struggling through a midlife crisis while trying to win a national play competition to secure the King's business. Hilarious hijinks ensue, with whip-smart dialogue and a captivating tale that touches on salient social issues that persist today, including equality, justice, and censorship. Humour and incisive wit combine to create a compulsively readable and thought-provoking novel from this Leacock Award long-listed author. We know RuFF will be a favourite book of the year for many. More About RuFF: Rod Carley is back with another theatrical odyssey packed with an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics. It's a madcap world more modern than tomorrow where gender is what a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath their petticoats or tights). Will Shakespeare is having a very bad year. Suffering from a mid-life crisis, a plague outbreak, and the death of the ancient Queen, Will's mettle is put to the test when the new King puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce a national play competition that will determine which theatre company will secure his favour and remain in business. As he struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Will faces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including a young rival punk poet and his activist-wife fighting for equality and a woman's right to tread the boards. Will and his band of misfits must ensure not only their own survival, but that of England as well. The stage is set for an outrageous and compelling tale of ghosts, ghostwriting, writer's block, and the chopping block. Ruffly based on a true story. About Rod Carley: Rod is the award-winning author of three previous works of literary fiction: GRIN REAPING (long listed for the 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour, 2022 Bronze Winner for Humour from Foreword Review INDIES, a Finalist for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/Comedy, and long listed for the ReLit Group Awards for Best Short Fiction of 2023); KINMOUNT (long listed for the 2021 Leacock Medal for Humour and Winner of the 2021 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards); A Matter of Will (Finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fiction). His short stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in a variety of Canadian literary magazines including Broadview (winner of the 2022 Award of Excellence for Best Seasonal Article from the Associated Church Press), Cloud Lake Literary, Blank Spaces, Exile, HighGrader, and the anthology 150 Years Up North and More. He was a finalist for the 2021 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Prize. Rod was the 2009 winner of TVO's Big Ideas/Best Lecturer Competition for his lecture entitled “Adapting Shakespeare within a Modern Canadian Context. He is a proud alumnus of the Humber School for Writers and is represented by Carolyn Forde, Senior Literary Agent with The Transatlantic Agency. www.rodcarley.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

RuFF (Latitude 46 Publishing, 2024) is Rod Carley's highly-anticipated fourth novel. This historical fiction transports us to Elizabethan England, where we witness Shakespeare struggling through a midlife crisis while trying to win a national play competition to secure the King's business. Hilarious hijinks ensue, with whip-smart dialogue and a captivating tale that touches on salient social issues that persist today, including equality, justice, and censorship. Humour and incisive wit combine to create a compulsively readable and thought-provoking novel from this Leacock Award long-listed author. We know RuFF will be a favourite book of the year for many. More About RuFF: Rod Carley is back with another theatrical odyssey packed with an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics. It's a madcap world more modern than tomorrow where gender is what a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath their petticoats or tights). Will Shakespeare is having a very bad year. Suffering from a mid-life crisis, a plague outbreak, and the death of the ancient Queen, Will's mettle is put to the test when the new King puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce a national play competition that will determine which theatre company will secure his favour and remain in business. As he struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Will faces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including a young rival punk poet and his activist-wife fighting for equality and a woman's right to tread the boards. Will and his band of misfits must ensure not only their own survival, but that of England as well. The stage is set for an outrageous and compelling tale of ghosts, ghostwriting, writer's block, and the chopping block. Ruffly based on a true story. About Rod Carley: Rod is the award-winning author of three previous works of literary fiction: GRIN REAPING (long listed for the 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour, 2022 Bronze Winner for Humour from Foreword Review INDIES, a Finalist for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/Comedy, and long listed for the ReLit Group Awards for Best Short Fiction of 2023); KINMOUNT (long listed for the 2021 Leacock Medal for Humour and Winner of the 2021 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards); A Matter of Will (Finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fiction). His short stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in a variety of Canadian literary magazines including Broadview (winner of the 2022 Award of Excellence for Best Seasonal Article from the Associated Church Press), Cloud Lake Literary, Blank Spaces, Exile, HighGrader, and the anthology 150 Years Up North and More. He was a finalist for the 2021 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Prize. Rod was the 2009 winner of TVO's Big Ideas/Best Lecturer Competition for his lecture entitled “Adapting Shakespeare within a Modern Canadian Context. He is a proud alumnus of the Humber School for Writers and is represented by Carolyn Forde, Senior Literary Agent with The Transatlantic Agency. www.rodcarley.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1. Ford election call. Is it happening or is it not?   2. Toronto 2025 budget. This feels like it's a battle for the city and it's....socialist....is there another way to see it?   3. Mark Carney on Jon Stewart. Is this a good/bad place to launch a campaign?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin, Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate Discuss: 1 - Reactions to Trudeau's resignation 2 -Doug Ford won't rule out snap Ontario election despite turmoil in Ottawa   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with political experts from all walks of life to better understand what it means when we hear that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not only proroguing parliament but also announcing his plans to resign. So Alex speaks with: GUEST: Melissa Lantsman, The Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party & MP of Thornhill GUEST: Peter MacKay, Canada's former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and also Minister of National Defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs GUEST: Steve Paikin, Author, Broadcaster, & host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO's ‘The Agenda' Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: Canadians say cost of living was the top news story of 2024 Support for Trudeau Liberals fall to historic lows, rivalling party's worst defeat Leaning towards there NOT being an Ontario election in 2025 based on all the federal unrest?  New Year's Eve - underrated or overrated? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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